[41844] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Reducing power consumption in generator-supplied facilities
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Vincent J. Bono)
Wed Sep 12 14:03:33 2001
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From: "Vincent J. Bono" <vbono@vinny.org>
To: "dennis opacki" <dopacki@adotout.com>, <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 10:47:23 -0400
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Hundreds of generators are not even running thanks to debris in the intake
paths. At least in the area as close as our building was. I shudder to
think of what's happening in the way of Carbon Monoxide gas release and
general overheating issues for those units that do not have smart sensors on
them.
-vb
----- Original Message -----
From: "dennis opacki" <dopacki@adotout.com>
To: <nanog@merit.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 10:31 AM
Subject: Reducing power consumption in generator-supplied facilities
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> What steps are folks taking to maximize run time of emergency
> generator equipment and battery in NY facilities currently facing diesel
> supply issues? Are second halves of redundant systems being temporarily
> taken off line and non-essential loads being shed in a effort to stretch
> the time to failure? In a previous life, such precutions were referred to
> as "rigging for reduced electrical power" and proved quite effective.
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> Thanks,
>
> -Dennis
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